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RODNEY DEE OSBORNE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 5, 1949 – March 4, 1971
Service recordRodney Dee Osborne, of Kent, Washington, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1971, in North Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 21
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ew/Sigint Identifier (05D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Kent, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 21
- MICHAEL RAYMOND COLLINSLieutenant · March 4, 1971
- CHARLIE TIDWELL GAZAWAYSergeant · March 4, 1971
- RICHARD JAY HENTZSpecialist Five · March 4, 1971
- MICHAEL WAYNE MARKERCaptain · March 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD LOWELL ALGAARDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 20
- RICHARD JAY HENTZSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 21
- MICHAEL WAYNE MARKERCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 21
- JOHN THOMAS STRAWNSpecialist Six · Panel 4W, Line 22
From Kent
- ALLEN FRANK SCRANTON JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- FREDRICK MARLTON BINDERCorporal · June 27, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND AARDELance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- GEORGE MICHAEL TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- CLIFFORD OTIS WARECorporal · January 14, 1968
- DAVID JOEL SCHULTZPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- PATRICK LEE DEWATERLance Corporal · September 8, 1968
- GREGORY JEROME NICCOLILance Corporal · February 4, 1969
- GEORGE MICHAEL BINNSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- ROBERT RAY SANFORDPrivate First Class · July 20, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.